[Glenn]

Remarks At Detroit Economic Club, Detroit, MI, 5/7/07

I give Obama a pass. Would he have said the same thing after all was known? I doubt it.

[ltc8k6]

Quite a bit was known well before 5/7/07...

[wideawake]

In January 2006, seventeen months before Obama made these remarks, Kilpatrick was stripped of his special administrative discretion over Detroit city funds because he awarded over $150MM in no-bid contracts to a number of groups and individuals, including his own campaign manager.

The investigation into those transactions was still ongoing.

This was fairly well-covered in the press.

[Wil H]

I give Obama a pass. Would he have said the same thing after all was known? I doubt it.

I guess you are saying he failed to vet him properly?....